Английский язык с Р. Э. Говардом
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No word was spoken (не было сказано ни слова). No word was necessary (не нужно было никаких слов). Khosatral spread his great arms (Хозатрал распростер свои огромные объятия; to spread — расстилать; простирать, раскидывать), and Conan, crouching beneath them, slashed at the giant's belly (а Конан, пригнувшись под ними, рубанул по животу гиганта). Then he bounded back, eyes blazing with surprise (затем он отпрыгнул назад с глазами, пылающими от удивления). The keen edge had rung on the mighty body as on an anvil (острое лезвие зазвенело по мощному телу, как по наковальне; to ring — звенеть), rebounding without cutting (отскочив, не оставив пореза: «без резания»). Then Khosatral came upon him in an irresistible surge (тогда Хозатрал обрушился на него неотразимой волной; to come upon — натолкнуться на; нападать, атаковать; налетать, обрушиваться).
spread [spred], anvil ['aenvl], irresistible [r'zstbl]
No word was spoken. No word was necessary. Khosatral spread his great arms, and Conan, crouching beneath them, slashed at the giant's belly. Then he bounded back, eyes blazing with surprise. The keen edge had rung on the mighty body as on an anvil, rebounding without cutting. Then Khosatral came upon him in an irresistible surge.
There was a fleeting concussion (было = последовало
concussion [kn'kn], thew [ju:], quiver ['kwv]
There was a fleeting concussion, a fierce writhing and intertwining of limbs and bodies, and then Conan sprang clear, every thew quivering from the violence of his efforts; blood started where the grazing fingers had torn the skin. In that instant of contact, he had experienced the ultimate madness of blasphemed nature; no human flesh had bruised his, but metal animated and sentient; it was a body of living iron which opposed his.
Khosatral loomed above the warrior in the gloom (Хозатрал навис в сумраке над воином; to loom — маячить; нависать). Once let those great fingers lock and they would not loosen until the human body hung limp in their grasp (только позволь этим огромным пальцам сомкнуться, и они не ослабли бы, пока человеческое тело не обвиснет безвольно в их хватке; once — стоит лишь; как только; to lock — запирать; смыкаться; to hang — висеть; limp — мягкий; безвольный). In that twilight chamber it was as if a man fought with a dream-monster in a nightmare (в этой сумеречной комнате это было, как будто = казалось, что человек сражается с чудовищем из снов в кошмаре = из кошмарного сна; to fight — сражаться).
Flinging down his useless sword (бросив вниз = на землю бесполезный клинок; to fling — бросаться; бросать), Conan caught up a heavy bench and hurled it with all his power (Конан быстро схватил тяжелую скамью и швырнул ее изо всех своих сил; to catch up — быстро схватить, подхватить). It was such a missile as few men could even lift (это был такой метательный снаряд, который даже поднять могли немногие люди; missile — ракета; метательный снаряд). On Khosatral's mighty breast it smashed into shreds and splinters (на могучей груди Хозатрала она разлетелась на куски и щепки; to smash — разбивать; разбиваться). It did not even shake the giant on his braced legs (она даже не покачнула гиганта на напряженных/расставленных ногах; to shake — трясти; качать; brace — связь; распорка; to brace — охватывать; напрягать). His face lost something of its human aspect (его лицо потеряло что-то из его человеческого облика; to lose — терять; aspect — аспект; вид), a nimbus of fire played about his awesome head (огненный нимб засверкал вокруг его устрашающей головы; to play — играть; переливаться, сверкать), and like a moving tower he came on (и он атаковал, как движущаяся башня; to come on — наталкиваться на; нападать; обрушился).
grasp [r:sp], nightmare ['natme], awesome [':sm]
Khosatral loomed above the warrior in the gloom. Once let those great fingers lock and they would not loosen until the human body hung limp in their grasp. In that twilight chamber it was as if a man fought with a dream-monster in a nightmare.
Flinging down his useless sword, Conan caught up a heavy bench and hurled it with all his power. It was such a missile as few men could even lift. On Khosatral's mighty breast it smashed into shreds and splinters. It did not even shake the giant on his braced legs. His face lost something of its human aspect, a nimbus of fire played about his awesome head, and like a moving tower he came on.
With a desperate wrench Conan ripped a whole section of tapestry from the wall (отчаянным
desperate ['desprt], flounder ['flaund], smother ['smd]
With a desperate wrench Conan ripped a whole section of tapestry from the wall and whirling it, with a muscular effort greater than that required for throwing the bench, he flung it over the giant's head. For an instant Khosatral floundered, smothered and blinded by the clinging stuff that resisted his strength as wood or steel could not have done, and in that instant Conan caught up his scimitar and shot out into the corridor. Without checking his speed, he hurled himself through the door of the adjoining chamber, slammed the door, and shot the bolt.
Then as he wheeled, he stopped short (потом, когда он повернулся, он резко остановился; short — резко), all the blood in him seeming to surge to his head (/и/ вся кровь в нем, казалось, прилила к голове = ударила в голову; to surge — подниматься; хлынуть). Crouching on a heap of silk cushions (сжавшись на груде шелковых подушек), golden hair streaming over her naked shoulders (с золотистыми волосами, струящимися по ее обнаженным плечам), eyes blank with terror (с пустыми глазами от ужаса), was the woman for whom he had dared so much (была = лежала женщина, ради которой он так /много/ рисковал; to dare — сметь; пренебрегать опасностью, рисковать). He almost forgot the horror at his heels (он едва не забыл о кошмаре /который следовал за/ ним по пятам; to forget — забывать; at smb.’s heels — по пятам, следом за кем-л.) until a splintering crash behind him brought him to his senses (пока расщепляющийся треск = треск расщепляющегося дерева позади него не привел его в чувство; to splinter — разбивать /вдребезги/; раскалываться; to bring — приводить). He caught up the girl and sprang for the opposite door (он схватил девушку и бросился к противоположной двери; to spring — прыгать; бросаться). She was too helpless with fright either to resist or to aid him (она была слишком беспомощна от страха, чтобы либо сопротивляться, либо помогать ему). A faint whimper was the only sound of which she seemed capable (слабое хныканье было единственным звуком, на который она, казалось, была способна).
almost [':lmust], fright [frat], only ['unl]
Then as he wheeled, he stopped short, all the blood in him seeming to surge to his head. Crouching on a heap of silk cushions, golden hair streaming over her naked shoulders, eyes blank with terror, was the woman for whom he had dared so much. He almost forgot the horror at his heels until a splintering crash behind him brought him to his senses. He caught up the girl and sprang for the opposite door. She was too helpless with fright either to resist or to aid him. A faint whimper was the only sound of which she seemed capable.